00:00Aaron Pierre is set to play Green Lantern Jon Stewart in the DC Studios and HBO series
00:05Lanterns.
00:09The casting gap's one of the more scrutinized actor searches in some time.
00:13Not only is the show the first major TV endeavor from DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter
00:18Safran, but the role of Stewart carries much significance, as the fan-favorite comic book
00:23character was one of DC's first black superheroes.
00:27The intense casting process came down to Pierre and Stefan James, who was on the festival
00:31circuit with the drama The Piano Lesson.
00:34Both participated in screen tests, with the actors squaring off against the already cast
00:39Kyle Chandler on Thursday and Friday.
00:41Pierre brings heat to the show.
00:43His leading turn in Rebel Ridge debuted on Netflix on September 6th and was the number
00:47one title worldwide on the platform for three weeks in a row.
00:51Lanterns is said to have a gritty, true detective vibe.
00:54It follows Hal Jordan, who will be played by Chandler.
00:57Jordan is a legend amongst the space police force known as the Green Lanterns.
01:01The series sees him reluctantly mentor Stewart, a young Green Lantern.
01:05In the series, the two intergalactic cops get drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery
01:09as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.
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